Weather-strip.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

W. VAN HORN.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 9, 1904.

William Vanl7orn.

WILLIAM V AN HORN, OF PlQUA, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1505.

Application filed December 9, 1904. Serial No. 236,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VAN HORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Piqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips, of whichthe following is a specification.

Thisinvention consists of a novel construction of metallicweather-strip.

1o The invention aims to provide a device of this type which may bereadily applied to a window or like part without necessitating the useof special fastenings for this purpose and which is of a form effectiveas a cushion for the window with which it cooperates and positivelyexcluding all dust, rain, or like foreign matter.

The weather-strip comprising the invention embodies, essentially, a basemounted in the runway of the window-sash and of substantially the widthof such runway in order that it may be held in place by the adjacentparting or stop strips, the body of the strip being projected from thebase and received by the sash, as before premised.

For a full descriptlon of the lnvention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of which-- Figure1 is a horizontal sectional view showing the jamb of a window, sashesmounted therein, and weather-strips of a type embodying the inventioninoperative position. Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view of one form ofWeather-strip. Fig 3 is a horizontal sectional View showing a slightmodification of the construction shown in Fig. 2. Fig. at is aperspective view of the modification. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional viewsof other modifications.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the sameref JIQIICG characters.

in its adaptation as shown the invention is applied to a window, thejamb of which is indiuated at l, the sash 2, the latter being 'runway ofeach sash.

mounted for movement between the usual parting-strip 3 and stop 4. Theweatherstrips are mounted in the runway of the window and comprise,essentially, a base 5, from which extends the body of the weather-strip,said body being received in a recess or slot 6, provided in a side ofthe sash 2 adjacent. The weather-strip is held in place by means of theparts 3 and 4, and special fastenings for these members are notutilized, being unnecessary. The sides of the parting-strip 3 and theadjacent sides of the stops 4 are each provided with vertical grooves 7,which receive the edge portions of the base 5 of each of theweather-strips, thereby firmly holding the weather-strip in its properposition in the (See Fig. 1 of the drawings.) The base 5 is of coursewider than the runway of the sash in order that its edge portions may beprojected into the grooves 7 for the purpose above mentioned.

The body of the weather-strip is peculiarly formed, being made byfolding one of the edge-portions of the base 5 upon said base, as shownat 8, the folded portion 8 being then bent outwardly, as shown at 9, toform a side of the body of the strip. Spaced from the side 9 of the bodyof the strip is an adjacent side 10, formed by folding an edge portionof the side 9 upon itself. The foregoing general structure of theweather-strip is common to all the modifications illustrated in thedrawings. In the preferred form of the invention (shown in theconstruction of the strip to the left in Fig. l) the side 10 of the bodyis provided with a lateral flange 11, projected into the space betweenthe base 5 and the portion 8, folded thereupon. The above structure iscompact and substantial, being very desirable for use upon heavywindows, wherein greater resistance to the rattling movement of thewindow is necessary. The

construction in Fig. 3 is substantially the same as that at the left inFig. 1. The side 9 of the body of the strip, however, projects at anobtuse angle to the portion 8 aforesaid.

The modification shown at the right in Fig. l and in perspective in Fig.4 is slightly different from the constructions before mentioned, theside 10 of the body of the strip being bent in an opposite directionwhen folded upon the side 9 and having a laterallyprojected flange 11,which is situated adjacent the upper side of the folded portion 8 of thebase 5. The body portion of the strip in this construction projectsabout at an obtuse angle to the base 5 and subserves the cushioningeffect of the device.

In Fig. 5 the flange 11 (shown in the constructions at the left of Fig.1 and in Fig. 2) is omitted from the body of the strip, this being theonly essential difference. The side 10 of the device shown in Fig. 5 hasfree spring movement toward and from the side 9 to take up motion of thewindow, as will be readily apparent. The device'illustrated in Fig. 6 issimilar to the construction of the strip shown in Fig. 4, the onlydifference being also the omission of the flange 11. Where thewindow-sash have comparatively no lateral play, the spaced relation ofthe base 5 and the portion 8 thereof is suliicient to take up such play.In other instances it is desirable that the flange ll be used and that adouble spring action of the parts is secured by movement of the portion8 toward the base 5 and the'flange 11 toward said portion 8.

The base 5 is integrally formed with the body of the strip, the latterbeing bent from an edge portion of said base, as described more fullyhereinbefore.

The strip is of comparatively simple formation and is readily removableby taking the window-stops 4 off of the jamb or frame of the window, thestrips coming off when the sashes 2 are displaced. The operation ofplacing the weather-strips in place is equally simple, as is obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Incombination, a WindoW-jamb, spaced strips applied to said jamb andforming a runway, a sash mounted in said runway and having a slot in aside thereof, and a weatherstrip comprising a base disposed-in therunway and having its opposite edge portions engaged by the spacedstrips aforesaid, one edge portion of the base being folded thereon andthen projected outwardly to form a body portion, the outwardly-projectedbody portion being received in the slot of the sash aforesaid.

2. In combination, a windoW-jamb, spaced strips applied to said jambforming a runway, a sash mounted in said runway, and a weatherstripcomprising a base secured inthe runway of the sash and cooperating withthe spaced strips aforesaid, an edge portion of the base being foldedthereon and bent outwardly to form a side of the body of the strip, saidside being refolded to form a spaced side.

3. A weather-strip comprising a base having an edge portion thereoffolded upon itself, the folded portion of the base being projectedoutwardly therefrom to form a side, said side being bent upon itself toform a second side in spaced relation thereto.

4. A weather-strip comprising a base having an edge portion thereoffolded thereon, the folded portion of the base being projected outwardlytherefrom to form a side, said side being bent upon itself to form asecond side in spaced relation thereto, and a flange extending from thelast-mentioned side.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM VAN HORN. [L. s]

Witnesses:

C. B. JAMIsoN, 'FLoRENoE HUNTER.

